Availing a secured personal loan is all about making use of the existing resources, i.e., it is obtainable by placing an asset (like home) as security against the loan amount. This pledged collateral ensures repayment under all circumstances. That is, if the borrower defaults to payback as decided - unintentional, incidental, or deliberate – then the lender can take over the pledged asset to recover his money.
To some, these loans may seem risky or dicey. But, the fact is that they are the most certain way of getting the best possible deal. Hence, this loan type has the largest market share in the UK loan bazaar. According to the latest market report, the total secured lending on homes at the end of February 2007 stood at £1097 billion. And, that the market of secured personal loans has increased by 11.6% in the last 12 months.
Please note: Borrowers can easily take care of the risk factors by paying their monthly instalments (EMI's) as decided.
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secured personal loans are safe for the creditors, the loan request gets quick attention along with other benefits like high credit range (as high as £250,000), low interest rates (as low as 6.7%), long payback term range (5 to 25 years), variety of rate plans (fixed, variable, discounted, capped or variable) and diverse repayment methods (capital, interest or partly interest and partly capital). Borrowers also get the liberty to negotiate for flexible loan clauses like deferred payment up to six months, repayment holiday and accelerated repayment.
Report indicates that majority of the applicants in March 2007 applied for secured personal loans for amounts between £10,000 and £25,000. Out of the remaining applications, one third was for amounts below £10,000 and one fifth for amounts above £25,000. And, the average amount requested in March 2007 was £22,514 – up by 2.3% since February 2007. The report also indicates that despite being offered a repayment term range of 5 to 25 years, more than half of the applicants chose to repay their loans in the multiples of five. And, of all, the five year the five year and the ten year terms were most favoured.
The author is a business writer specializing in finance and credit products and has written authoritative articles about
personal loans, unsecured loans , secured loans. He has done his masters in business administration and is currently assisting Go4UKLoans as a finance specialist.
